Two persons are to die by hanging for kidnapping a medical Doctor.
The decision was taken by an Abakaliki High Court in Ebonyi State, South- East Nigeria, after considering all submissions from the prosecuting and the defence counsels.
The convicts, Onyemachi Oge, a (female) and Okechukwu Oma, (Male) were found guilty by the court for kidnapping one Dr. Chuka Manyike. All the accused persons had been in prison custody since 2013, when the incident occurred.
The two kidnappers, alongside their partners in crime, namely, Chuk¬wuemeka Levi, Idris Oken, Edeke Desmond and Ijeoma Oge, were accused of abducting Manyinke, a paediatrician at the Federal Teaching Hospi¬tal, Abakaliki, on May 5, 2013 at his private hospital, located at No. 15 Ow¬erri Street, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital.
Family members of the victim had paid the sum of N3 million ran¬som to the hoodlums before the medical doctor was released after staying six days in captivity.
The two sentenced members of the kidnap gang, Oge and Oma got N200,000 from the ransom.
Manyinke’s security guard, identified simply as Peter, was shot dead during the incident for attempting to prevent the hoodlums from abducting his boss.
According to the Police, Oma, a tailor, who operates his business opposite Man¬yinke’s hospital provided information to the kidnappers and gave them directive on how to perfect the unholy act, while Oge supplied beer, biscuits and water to the doctor during his days in captivity.
Delivering his judgment on the matter Thursday at High Court 3, the trial judge, Justice Eze Udu, said the prosecution counsel, I. I. Anikwe, had proved his case against Onyemachi Oge, the 4th accused person and Chuk¬wu Oma, the 6th accused person in the case beyond reasonable doubt and sentenced them to death by hanging.
He discharged and acquitted the 1st accused person (Levi), 2nd (Oken), 3rd (Desmond) and 5th (Oge) accused …Read More
Source:: Nigerian Pilot
